A mini meh about…. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

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It was at this point we wondered why walk through the water when there was a bridge nearby….

In many ways, it’s a shame I never got round to writing about Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle during its Christmas cinematic release window last year. But of course, let’s be honest, everyone was more clamouring for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Well they were till everyone cried out at the fact they tried to doing something different with Star Wars. But that’s a subject for another mini meh (coming soon I might add).

With it’s recent release on shiny disc and streaming services, it felt right to finally revisit last year’s surprise sequel to the 1995 original Jumanji which starred the late Robin Williams as Alan Parish. A kid who got stuck in a board game, only to be released along with all hell 30 years later by another couple of kids.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle had a number of fears to address, mostly notably that it would just forget about the first film and just carry on with the ol’ remake excuse that Hollywood has been on a complete bender for ages with. It had a new cast, it seemed to have a premise only vaguely similar to the original when viewing the first trailer and you could be forgiven for thinking that they were about to f**k it up.

After all, the last thing Sony Pictures tried to reboot for the big time as it were, was Ghostbusters and we all know how that turned out.

Sony’s sole biggest hit of 2017 until Jumanji came to the big screen was Spiderman: Homecoming with partnership with the overlords of Marvel Studios. So of course, no pressure eh? Was this worth a watch at the time, and more so now it’s basically available for you all to slob out in your pants on the sofa to? Continue reading →

A non spoiler mini meh about….. Avengers: Infinity War

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Not the first time a big purple headed monster has brought fear to anyone. I speak from experience…..cough….

Yeah, Avengers: Infinity War surely will bomb at the box office, I mean, who would ever to spend their money watching a film which lasts over two and a half hours which brings together 10 years worth of stories and characters to an epic conclusion in a cinematic universe? Where we see various flawed heroes battle against the ultimate villain and we honestly don’t know where this is going to go?

Oh who am I f**king kidding?

At the time of writing this non-spoiler mini meh about possibly the biggest blockbuster event of the year for Marvel and Disney, they already within the opening weekend taken an estimated 630 MILLION dollars. That is currently excluding China where typically big action packed films like this will do even better, so in essence we already know this is on course to basically allow Disney to finally buy a country like they clearly wanted to….. Probably the UK from April 2019 after Brexit (topical!).

So it may not have come as a surprise that I was one of the ones who rushed over to see a midnight screening in the UK of Infinity War given how much of a fanboy I tend to be when it comes to the media comic overlords’ content being pumped out time and time again. There’s literally no way I cannot be biased about this so of course when I write the next sentence, take it with whatever salt you want;

Avengers: Infinity War is possibly the best film of 2018.

Let that sink in.

It’s only the end of April at the time of writing and I am stating there is already a best film of the year. More than that, it’s a film where unless you’ve been invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe all this time, you’re not going to have any idea whatsoever about who anyone is, where they are, and of course what’s happening to determine the fate of the universe or even, just of downtown New York.  Continue reading →

The Hearthstone Happy Hour: Witchwood Dungeons and Ladder Fails!

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Here you will find my jolly fun self livestreaming on occasion, talking rubbish badly playing games and all in all, being a wee scamp. This was the latest Hearthstone Happy Hour Livestream from the 27th April and of course, it is unedited so there will be points you have to skip forward.

Soundtrack from Rocket League used for the background music….

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Avengers: Infinity War…. The Aftermath

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Having literally just been released in the UK just after midnight Today, there was no way I could wait. The event that is Avengers: Infinity War had been built up to for so long now, from events all instigated all along from Captain America: The First Avenger to of course Black Panther. The obvious and least spoiler laced question is; was it worth the wait? The video can be viewed here also directly if the above doesn’t work; https://youtu.be/xpvhVuTl_Nc

A mini meh about….. I Feel Pretty (The Audio Edition)

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For the first time ever campers, I bring you my mini meh stuff in audio form. Not content with writing endless amounts of shit about other people’s hard work, why not also struggle to read it out loud for all of you as well?

This as you will see was the first attempt at a mini meh in audio form so it may or may not work, we will have to see.

Today’s Mini Meh is about the recent visit to watch “I Feel Pretty” starring Amy Schumer as the girl who wants to be pretty and get all the stuff she thinks she wants. Do I feel pretty or feel something else entirely from watching this. Well, stay a while and listen!

Intro Music was a portion of To My Soul by Jerry Folk (Just the opening 18 seconds but it was a nice tune!) Other music may get used on an ongoing basis for the Mini Mehs it’s still all an experiment!

Any thoughts and comments on this of course, feel free to leave here or not, it’s up to you!

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A mini meh about…. I Feel Pretty

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I bid you a warm welcome to this mini meh about “I feel Pretty”. Get a drink, take a seat and listen because what unfolds is a tale of woe and treachery followed by what could be described as a SJW rant. See, fun for all the family!

To be clear, there were signs this meh would happen.

The trailer presented to the world about I Feel Pretty showed at best, a third rate level girl-meets-boy thing with vagina jokes which I guess empower women? I had to look up who Amy Schumer was and that didn’t yield a lot of information. Well, other than she was basically a US centric comedian who got more money off Netflix when she wasn’t as paid as much as other male comedians.

She also did some films including one with John Cena (so this year’s “Blockers” was not his first it seems, much to my surprise). None of this is really my cup of tea then because I have testicles and don’t worry about “insert gender specific issue here”.

So already, I know that not only am I so wrong to watch this, I also know that there will be plenty of counterarguments back simply because I am a frumpy fat dude with delusions of grandeur. But bear with me here, and I will make the case for the horror that unfolded. Continue reading →

I feel pretty: The Aftermath.

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This Aftermath video is about I feel pretty, starring Amy Schumer. The video will explain how I felt. The mini meh will go into much more detail. Dear god….. You can only imagine the Mini Meh that’s coming with this tomorrow at this point. I’ll leave it your imagination till then.

The video can be viewed here also directly if the above doesn’t work; https://youtu.be/V37VwmtCkFk

Additions coming soon: A brief blog update…

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Hello there one and all, while not a fully fun blog post today, this is just a quick textual update regarding some of the changes coming to Lordofleisure.com (or OohSometimes as some people still call it).

Basically at the moment, there are a number of disconnects between versious services I use and abuse for your dining and dancing pleasure so at times, one service can show updates whereas this site or other services show absolutely nothing. Sometimes though, it’s kind of annoying that in essence there are so many things to update as and when I’ve written some more drivel.

As the Lord of Leisure, I pride myself on doing as little as humanly possible. You may have noticed this given my “work schedule” or lack thereof. 😉

So I’m going to try and start addressing that with links to Twitch from the WordPress site. it won’t be too long before I try to do the same with YouTube as well but baby steps…. I’ve also talked about the mini mehs becoming audio links too so then you can hear my disgusting voice mehing over films and ting and I will be doing that this week for a couple of the older mini mehs, see how they go.

And finally; I am attempting to start using that fancy Discord chatting service thing everyone who does “the gaming” seems to love right now. In essence the latest craze in chat rooms arrived and why not jump on the bandwagon?

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So now you know it’s there, if you’re bored, come and leave abusive messages questioning everything about me! I’m not around all the time due to life, but when I’m around, come say hi! So there you go campers, a bit of an update on things and of course there will be more rubbish to come so stay tuned!

A mini meh about….. RAMPAGE

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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR and other loud noises!

Let’s be clear right from the start of this mini meh; Rampage is 100% on of those films where you really need to leave your brain outside and just go with it. A big budget B-Movie in every possible sense, from the caring muscle mass with a heart of gold who happened to be special forces to the doctor who wants to put it all right.

Even down to the stupid evil sidekick who gets all the comeuppance you see coming a mile away at some point, because he’s the bad guy (or a bad actor) who looks like a certain Dennis Quaid (it’s his son, duh). It makes no apologies for it either, it plays all exactly as you expect, even with back stories which sometimes make you laugh more than they should.

I was on board with Rampage anyway.

Starring Man-Crush #1 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (sorry Jason “Nipples harder than Diamonds” Statham, you knew it would happen….. you’re still my #2 man crush) Rampage brings to bear a story about Genetic Editing (yes, editing) which everyone got scared could create Star Trek 2 in real life so they banned it despite potential cures for all the ills.

So what does the “Evil Takazuki Corporation*” ran by Malin Åkerman central to the plot do? Space station to avoid breaking the law. Of course that means poop floats into the space fan and after “genetic editing” a killer rat who gets loose, an extra who clearly wanted too much money is killed. But what’s this? She had secured all the lovely samples of evil research before the space station explodes and not only does the research survive, the samples all fall to Earth. Continue reading →

Rampage Aftermath (with bad gum chewing on display, sorry!)

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Warning: contains me chewing gum too much and sometimes it attempts to escape. Sorry for being gross!

Anyway, another Aftermath video which what I think about a new big cinematic masterpiece. Or not as whatever case may be. The film before me was Rampage, the latest B-Movie bonanza involving monsters and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

Featuring some lovely people from Watchmen too and all the clichés you could possibly think of, does it indeed Rampage on my joy receptors or should I just go on a Rampage having lost my hard earned cash?

Only one way to find out campers! And again, sorry for the gum chewing! I did my best to work around it! The video can be viewed here also directly if the above doesn’t work; https://youtu.be/ZiwbMtoB2eg